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Girl, 10, given birthday surprise by Myles Smith

Alice Cunningham & Wayne Bavin
BBC News, Suffolk
Contributed Myles Smith poses and does a peace sign with his hands as he stands next to Matilda. Smith wears a green shirt with white vest underneath and Matilda wears a pink top and black shorts.Contributed
Ten-year-old Matilda was surprised at school with a visit by singer Myles Smith on her birthday

A 10-year-old girl had the surprise of a lifetime when singer Myles Smith visited her at school and sung her happy birthday.

Matilda from Ipswich, along with her classmates, was given the surprise on Friday ahead of Smith, 27, supporting Ed Sheeran at Portman Road stadium that night.

Secretly her mother, Kate Nunn, had set it up after she saw Smith went on "side quests" when visiting places across the UK.

Matilda said at first she thought it was going to be "some random singer".

Contributed Smith sits in a chair at the front of a classroom playing a guitar. Another man sits to his right playing a guitar and a man to his left who provides percussion on a box. Contributed
Smith performed to Matilda's class on Friday ahead of his appearance of Portman Road that night

"We went into the performing arts room and we had to close our eyes because someone was going to come in," she explained.

"Two people came in and we had to close our eyes again, then Myles Smith came in."

"I felt dizzy and I thought it was all just a dream.

"He sung some of his songs and then he sung me Happy Birthday."

Matilda said her friends had told her she was "so lucky" and she had watched a video of the moment back "a million" times.

"He was very kind," she added.

She later attended the Sheeran concert that night and saw Smith during his support act.

Contributed Smith and Matilda smile at the camera along with her three siblings. Smith is wearing a green shirt and jeans. They are standing in a room with a drum kit in the background. Contributed
Matilda's family were able to meet Smith that day too

Ms Nunn organised the surprised two weeks before it happened and kept it from her daughter.

"I'd seen that he'd done side quests when he has gone places, surprised fans, and been and done things," she explained.

"I just reached out to his management team and they were happy to arrange it all.

"[They were] so, so lovely."

Smith shared the visit on his TikTok account and described the visit as "so wholesome".

The video has been seen over 84,000 times with 7,700 likes and 236 comments.

At the end of last year, Smith, who is from Luton, was announced as the winner the Brit Awards' Rising Star prize for 2025.

The singer started posting covers online during the Covid lockdowns and quickly gained popularity.

His top streamed songs on Spotify include Stargazing, Nice to Meet You and Solo.

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